A groundbreaking initiative bringing together women faith leaders to combat climate change was launched 24 October 2024 in Frascati, Italy.
The new Women, Faith and Climate Network engages women-led climate action networks from diverse faiths and geographies. The network’s aim is to scale up the powerful reach and influence women of faith to go further, faster towards achieving climate goals.
Fostering Religious Harmony for the Sake of Humanity 6 September 2024
The following is the “Joint Declaration of Istiqlal 2024”. Fostering Religious Harmony for the Sake of Humanity, signed by Pope Francis and Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar during the Interreligious Meeting in the Jakarta Istiqlal Mosque.
As can be seen from the events of recent decades, our world is clearly facing two serious crises: dehumanization and climate change.
IEF members are contributing to the G20 Interfaith Forum working group on Religion and Environment. As part of this, we have contributed two viewpoints to the G20 Interfaith Forum website blog, building on the experience of the IEF 25th Annual Conference at COP26. The first was on the Interfaith start to COP26:
Today we come together united, in human fraternity, to raise awareness of the unprecedented challenges that threaten us and life on our beautiful common home, the Earth.
Faith leaders and leading scientists joined at the Vatican to raise ambition ahead of COP26 From UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 4 October 2021
IEF Presentation at the Parliament of the World's Religions 17 October 2021
The 2021 Parliament of the World's Religions met on 16-17 October 2021 on the theme "Opening our Hearts to the World: Compassion in Action". The Bahá'ís are as usual collaborating in the Parliament.
IEF President Arthur Dahl gave a presentation on Coral Reefs as a Model for Humanity on 17 October 2021.
